Ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields did not take kindly to Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren's advice that she shouldn't bring a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump's campaign or campaign manager Corey Lewandowski for allegedly shoving her at a campaign event last month. After Van Susteren wrote in a blog post on her website that "anyone encouraging this young woman to bring a lawsuit is irresponsible to her," Fields tweeted: "I think I'll pass on getting legal advice from a Trump shill. Thanks tho."
Van Susteren contends that Fields "does not want to take the stand in a civil case, subject to rigorous cross examination, that is likely to be on television to discuss a case that the DA won’t prosecute because he does not believe the evidence shows assault." "Yes, the burden of proof is less in a civil case," Van Susteren writes, "but she is just not going to win and it will be expensive and a heartache."
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